They're talking about the Edmond Fitzgerald on Newagtalk.
The SS Morell broke up and sank 9 years earlier Nov 29 1966
A survivor was picked up a day later in 29 degree water, with a pea coat, life vest, and underwear. On some wreckage with several dead crew members.

Said he never sailed again. Ya think?

I’ve been in some dang cold weather, but I doubt any of it compares to that. Wet cold is a different kind of cold. Coldest day I had to work outside was fixing oil well flare igniters in North Dakota, ambient temp was -45, the wind chill that day was -70. I never want to be that cold again.

Ice fishing in Pittsburg NH....-45 on the thermometer.....not a stitch of wind..thank God.

What did you wear in temps like that ? I thought about going up and driving, but decided I was too old to chain up for mud.
Don't think I could wear the mask for checking tanks in that weather either.

You are one hardy person.

Cold enough for 50/50 mixed antifreeze to start freezing. Lol

lol im gonna sound like a wimp but we don't get that kind of cold. coldest I remember it ever being in my life time is -15 wind chills 0 degrees ambient temp

I duck hunted at -24. My dog didn't act too happy about retrieving.

There is nothing you can wear in those temps to keep comfortable, not for me. Best I could do was stay warm enough to not die lol. Did it for ten winters and I’ll never go back.

My usual dress for winter in that area was: First layer of long Jon’s, second layer of long Jon’s, third layer light sweats, fourth layer heavier sweats, fifth layer jeans, sixth layer insulated bibs, repeat for top half. For footwear, pair of light socks under heavy socks under Baffin boots. I can’t stand to have my face covered so I never wore a balaclava or anything like that. For gloves just a pair of knit gloves under those stupid impact gloves they make you wear. But that day I was fixing old style igniters, which requires you to thread an 8/32nds nut onto a spark plug, can’t do that with gloves on. At least I can’t. After I lost three or four in the snow I had to resign to taking my gloves off and getting it done as quick as I could lol.

Wearing oxygen in those temps isn’t fun. Then again it never is.

Thank you for the response

-27

-50 wind chill. Leather boots would freeze the instant i got out of the car. Beautiful moonlit night my buddy and i called coyote it was -29 temp with zero wind. Bolt wouldnt cycle well. Had two dogs chargin hard at a 3/4 sprint-scope froze and i couldnt dial it down to a lower power that i shouldve had it set at in the first place. That was a fun night and i never really felt cold.

-54 west yellowstone montana

Muzzloader season in December. I dont even know how cold it was that day, guessing in the single digits. I set out to do a day of still hunting in fresh snow. I dressed a little light because I was planning on walking and busting brush and cattails trying to find a deer. Late in the afternoon I found one of those spots that just screams you will kill a deer here. So with about an hour and a half left in the day I sat to wait. I kept getting cooler but I thought I can tough it out. Just about the time shooting hours were over, serious shivering started. It was an extremely long walk back to the truck into the wind with the temp falling. The only time I have felt that beginning stage of hypothermia like that, it scared me how quickly it started. I've broken through the ice up to the waist and wasn't as cold as I was that day.

-36 wolf hunting in Kapakasking Ontario , don't know what the wind chill was but it was nasty .

I went from T-shirt weather 66 F in Tucson and flew to St Louis to a -15 with a wind chill of -55. I was amazed my truck started at the airport.

University for me was a four year course called outdoor adventure leadership, and three times come to mind.

First was in wilderness first responder training. In our real life scenarios, half the group would set up a winter rescue, and the other half would "save" us. Extra points for realism. February, 20 below. I snuck a chainsaw onto campus, and cut a hole in one of the frozen lakes we were doing the scenario on. Ten mins before I jumped in and actually got hypothermic to simulate an ice rescue. The rescuing group managed to warm me up which was nice. The ten min walk back to the university warmed me up even more.

Next was when two buddies did ice immersion testing. I went twelve mins in the water motionless and could still self rescue. Feeling the cold blood from your extremities hit your core when I climbed out felt crazy.


Next was a whitewater rescue course just after ice out. 8 hours of riding down rapids, wearing only a shorty wet suit and a life jacket practicing rescues. That was actually the worst because it was so prolonged

Coldest was not necessarily because of extreme temps but not prepared for what I got. Supposed to be a day trip to Jersey but got trapped in Philadelphia. The heater on the truck I was driving wasn’t working. The sun went down and the wind picked up coming off the water. Tried to get some sleep and woke up shivering so hard I thought the muscles in my back were going to snap my spine. I have not been close to being that cold since.

3 straight days under Ice Beaver'in

-40. Plus wind

Wasn't cold while moving

As boys at just after Christmas we had to check out our new stuff. My pal got some hip waders and “waterproof” gloves. I got some ammo. We found a place in the creek where a bunch of carp were trapped in a pool, and ice at each end. Well... it was like shooting fish in a barrel. Being boys we had to get them out and up on the bank. We took turns with the hip waders and not really waterproof gloves. After getting a bit deep for the hip waders and picking carp out of the water we we’re rather soggy and cold. We realized this too late. We were a mile from home and half way there feet and hands were not working real good. We flopped over a barb wire fence, crashed in the house and lay in front of the wood burner. That pain when everything starts to warm back up is oh so exquisite. Add in his mom standing there with hands on hips yelling at how stupid we were made it even colder! We both got a lil nip in hands and feet that trouble me to this day.